National News

7:50 PM on Wednesday, September 24

The Pentagon has stepped back from the policy that requires all troops get the flu shot every year by introducing exemptions for reservists and proclaiming that the shot is only necessary in some circumstances for all service members

7:38 PM on Wednesday, September 24

Former Vice President Kamala Harris was forced to confront Israel’s war in Gaza on the first night of her book tour

7:14 PM on Wednesday, September 24

A New York woman is accused of using fentanyl-laced drugs to incapacitate and later rob four men of cash, phones, sneakers and other belongings, killing three of the men in the process

6:53 PM on Wednesday, September 24

The exiled head of Belarus’ opposition told The Associated Press Wednesday that she thinks the iron-fisted leader whose critics call him “Europe’s Last Dictator” wants to fool President Donald Trump with gestures like prisoner releases

6:26 PM on Wednesday, September 24

A federal judge has refused to reinstate eight former inspectors general who sued after the Trump administration fired them with no warning and little explanation

6:21 PM on Wednesday, September 24

Federal judge refuses to reinstate eight former inspectors general fired by Trump administration

6:15 PM on Wednesday, September 24

Hillary Clinton has slammed Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and accused the Trump administration of turning “the clock back” on public health

5:58 PM on Wednesday, September 24

Jimmy Kimmel's return monologue watched by nearly 6.3 million viewers on broadcast TV, despite blackouts in many cities

5:57 PM on Wednesday, September 24

The U.S. State Department says that immigration agents in the United States have arrested Haitian businessman Dimitri Vorbe because of his alleged ties to violent gangs in his troubled Caribbean country

3:28 PM on Wednesday, September 24

Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy said Wednesday it expects to pay about $640 million to settle lawsuits alleging it was responsible for starting Colorado’s most destructive wildfire that killed two people and destroyed nearly 1,000 homes in 2021

2:20 PM on Wednesday, September 24

A new report finds the Department of Government Efficiency’s remaking of the federal workforce has battered the Washington job market and put more households in the metropolitan area in financial distress

1:55 PM on Wednesday, September 24

Residents of a San Francisco Bay Area city are on the lookout for an aggressive squirrel that has sent at least two people to the emergency room

1:12 PM on Wednesday, September 24

Federal prosecutors have asked a judge to drop the arrest warrant for a former soldier wanted in the deaths of his three young daughters

12:43 PM on Wednesday, September 24

Sister Jean, the longtime chaplain for Loyola Chicago's men's basketball team, has retired at 106 because of health concerns

12:22 PM on Wednesday, September 24

Cleveland Guardians designated hitter David Fry is recovering after being hit in the face by a pitch from Detroit’s Tarik Skubal

12:17 PM on Wednesday, September 24

The family of one of the 67 people who were killed when an airliner collided with an Army helicopter over Washington, D.C., in January is suing the government and the airlines involved

10:36 AM on Wednesday, September 24

Jimmy Kimmel is back on his ABC late-night show, but not everywhere

7:26 AM on Wednesday, September 24

Tropical Storm Humberto has formed in the Atlantic Ocean at the same time Hurricane Gabrielle races toward the Azores islands

7:12 AM on Wednesday, September 24

Pope Leo XIV has named a successor to the embattled archbishop of New Orleans two weeks after the archdiocese agreed to a $230 million settlement for survivors of clergy sexual abuse

11:05 PM on Tuesday, September 23

Artificial intelligence has taken center stage at the United Nations Security Council meeting